My grandmother use to say "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". She was a very, very wise, tactful and amazing mother of 5 boys in the great depression. Wendy - you are lovely, personable, educated, spiritual and a great inspiration to us who admire all your awesome qualities. LJ in New Mexico, USA
I could literally sit and just listen to you chat while I'm working on something, which I just did! I would love to see what you crochet. I'm currently working on a boho shawl that makes me think of Stevie Nicks. I'm almost finished with this one, which I've done in a peacock color DK weight yarn and as soon as this one is finished I have another color in mind for the next one. :) My grandma taught me to crochet when I was around 7 and I still do it just about every day.
I love Stevie Nick's. I am crocheting another blanket for my father who is in his last days of his life. He is 97 and is comforted by the light weight and bright colours of his blanket.
Rhonda, I, too, love Stevie Nicks and her boho/gypsy look, as well as her music. Your hair is beautiful! I have those mermaid blue, teal, and green colors showing through and on the ends of my hair. The rest of it is a medium brown/auburn color. I knit, which my grandma taught me when I was about seven. She taught me to crochet, too, but I can't figure out what loop to put the hook into. LOL
Thank you for inspiring me to make an art junk journal! And one for my friend. I never really understood what to do with them, until i watched you creating yours. I like your idea of having several journals, for different purposes, or needs. That could be what held me back, i was overwhelmed trying to figure out how to encompass everything in one journal. Your method isn’t intimidating, it is freeing. For example, I didn’t like my first attempt, so i cheekily glued in a cover up. A pencil drawing of my son, that i tore out of an old sketch book, I had made when i was a young woman. Then i trimmed it with a bit of ribbon…viola! I love it, and i had forgotten about that old sketch i had tucked away. It brought back such happy memories. From there i felt encouraged and went on to create a small oil pastel of a prairie storm. Not a complete flop…it is a keeper! To protect it from smearing i tucked it in to one of those thin plastic page covers. I cut it down to size, and sewed it shut. I made a little tuck spot for it. Done and done. I can’t wait till morning to work on another page. It is fun having permission to correct, tear, glue, rummage, add, subtract and just freely create, to please myself. Your light shone brightly on me Wendy, to half way around the world, all the way to our cold and snowy Canadian prairies. You have cheered up a dark winter.
Your answer to that rather strange question was good. 🙌 Keep on doing what you do, beautiful soul. Thanks for all the good answers! Live long and prosper. 🖖
I'm a collage artist and art journaling is a form of collage to me...I love it and the cramming lol....it is a matter of expression and taste....art through the ages is often misunderstood and provokes all kinds of reactions and emotions. so well done!
What a fun video! It was great to hear all the kinds of questions you get and I’m sure this was just scratching the surface! I think this is one of the ways that an artist can see how successful they’ve become: when they’re inundated with questions! In every video you do, Wendy, I see how you help people grow and develop not only as artists but also personally. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into your channel!
This seems so real and filled with community! Like you I wonder why naysayers even comment or watch what they either don’t like or really hate! We all have choices, personally I watch what inspires and gets my creative juices going! I don’t waste time watching otherwise! I watch you with my cup of tea, feeling comforted by being part of something I love and people I admire! Blessed and safe days!
Thank you for all your helpful info - you never fail to help me in some way and make me smile. I will share with you that you have really helped me to expand my creative expression and discover that multiple journals are better than just one. I’ve always wanted to keep a diary but was such a perfectionist that I could never get past the first few pages because I didn’t like my handwriting or would make something look messy, or would want to change the style of it. Now I know I can embrace all of that craziness by having multiple avenues for expression. I currently have 4 completely different journal books going and just jump between them as my energy and creativity changes from day to day. Thank you for giving me the idea, the permission, the freedom to explore! I cannot thank you enough dear Wendy!
Hi Wendy, ive covid since just after Xmas, and so I’ve had plenty of time to start watching new people, and you are one of these new people for me, and I’m so glad of it! One evening I just sat in bed snuggled up with my 13 year old and our cat and we just watched your videos, thank you for keeping me company through the Illness! My daughter saw your work and said oh mummy this is very you you should paint like that, I said that I’m so glad I started watching Wendy because I now know what sort of things I want to be painting, not what I think I should be painting. I’ve always loved fairies, mermaids, fantasy, mystical forests, magical mushrooms, goddesses, plus flowers plants and butterflies, all that sort of thing and now I know that’s where my journey will take me, and I’m so thankful to you for helping me realise that and for your positivity and encouragement. Lots of love 💕 😊🦋
It's so nice to listen to you chat. You were with me on my tea break today. I especially love what you say about aging. I've just turned 40 and I'm really embracing finally being true to myself. I quit my job in banking and am now a full time artist! It's such a wonderful feeling to be starting again and it's very rejuvenating! 😁
Reading the comments here, I am so touched by the beautiful community that's here on Wendy's RUclips channel. Thank you for another wonderful video and my heart is so happy to be journeying through 2022 with you, Wendy and James, and this special gathering of like minded souls x
"It's not even in a draw, it's just everywhere" I laughed so whole heartedly, it was just so wholesome and relatable that it brightened my day. Thank you
I've felt so bad I haven't been able to watch your videos this last month. I couldn't have watched this one at a better time. You're always so uplifting, inspiring, kind & motivating. Thank you 💙
Just as an idea for getting going - I sometimes use a poem and illustrate it (feelings rather than literal) rather than staring at a blank page waiting for inspiration.
My new year always is a little brighter by watching your videos. I used the last half of 2021 to binge watch you and now in the new year I watch to inspire me to think about painting. I havent learned to journal yet but I want to, and in my head I make a start in a journal. However, what I take away the most is I feel warm and comforted like a big hug. I dont know why as you are talking about all things art like. But I guess it because you encourage us all to learn to slow down and enjoy everything we do. To me that is a big motherly hug. I cant wait to see what 22 has in store for us and I also don't wanna know. But I'll be here every week soaking in my dose of inspiration and looking towards the future
This was a really lovely video! I love the comments about banyan trees. They fascinate me. When I was a child my sister and I use to play in a big willow tree that had several trunks growing up from the ground. The inside of it was our playhouse and the scene of many imagined adventures! We had to wade through a small marsh to get to it, and couldn't see our house from there, although it was only about 100 yards away! Now, 60 years later, the place is a city park and kids rarely play there any more.
Wendy I had to share this with you. You and I come from different beliefs. I'm a Christian but, one thing that I just love about you is, when one of your commentators does post something rudely, you are honest, but your response is so polite and calm. I'm sure there are some that really challenge your calmness, but with the above Q n A, you handled yourself beautifully with the snarky comments. Well done, Wendy. It doesn't matter who we all are, where we come from, nor what we believe, kindness and respect are so needed today. Have a beautiful night and may God bless you with a beautiful new day tomorrow. ❤️😊
Hello Wendy, I don't normally comment but I have been following your videos for more than a year. I think I found you shortly after you started these vlogs💕 I always save your videos for my last vlog viewing of the week, because I find them so calming and grounding for my own art practise. They bring me back to myself after a busy week and help me refocus on my own light, and creative ways. Thank you for all your sharing. You are such an inspiring person, even when you're "waffling"💖
Look at this big family you've pulled together. We've got the lovely warm hearted people and even trouble makers ('cause doesn't every family have those too ;) Cheers!
I think the provocateur may have missed the point of an art journal being personal. Not usually for public consumption as other works of art are, except as examples of how to do them for yourself. My junk(art) journal pages evoke feelings in me. That's the point... my feelings, for me. You handled that with more Grace than I would have Wendy lol.
I really admire you for the gentle way you handled the ‚rude‘ question 🥰 Love your videos and spent all week watching them… You made me want to start journaling, so I just got some material and supplies to get started as soon as the right moment finds me…. as soon as possible I hope ❤️
Oh my gosh, of all the winderful things you have shared, hearing you only wash your hair twice a year was/is the most curious. Wd you share more detail as I wonder how your hair isn't super oily given all the oil you said you put in your hair. Thank you for being so open.
Wendy, I have recently found your channel and I have been spending all my waking hours watching all of your videos. you are the embodiment of what i want my soul to be like
You are keeping me sane and inspiring me so much right now! I am on patreon. I've been wanting to make the art journal from your video and started altering a hardback book, but then I decided hardback isn't for me (it doesn't feel "friendly", which is the key thing for me!) and wanted to do a softback like yours. But all sorts of obstacles came up (I don't have a big stash of materials) so it's an extremely slow process!!! I can't begin to convey how grateful I feel for what you are sharing with us. I especially love the long videos ;-)
Thank you all for your interesting questions and thank you, Wendy, for your honest, inspiring and encouraging answers. My best wishes to all of you for 2022! Let's meet here again ❤️
Thank you (mahalo) for all these lovely life answers and professional advisory bits. I too live in Hawaii and the banyan tree in Lahaina is very famous. Unfortunate byproduct of the tree is that is keeps all plants from growing underneath it, including the offspring of the tree! Best regenerative weekend to you and all your community. Deep appreciation for how you share yourself here. Peace and well-being to all of us.
Thank you, Wendy. Loved everyone's questions and your answers. You have inspired me to make my own art journal which means I can add to it as inspired. No pressure to finish. In the past, I started so many journals in nice diaries and after a few pages dropped it and forgot it's there.
Always feel better from listening to you ... your kindness and whimsy always shine through ... making my Light ever brighter ... thank you Wendy ... especially enjoy the "Wendy-waffles" make me smile :)
Got some great tips here just listening. Thankyou Wendy for your answers and to all of you who asked questions. Your vlogs are one of my very favourite channels. Lots of love x
Just a thought… there are videos on you tube about people who heat their rooms with terracotta pots and tea lights. Apparently they’re very good at warming a whole room. You might want to try it if you have a safe place to put them.
Watching your video's make me feel like I'm sitting down with a friend, doing art together (I mainly put on your videos while art journaling myself!). You've given me the inspiration to really play, just start, and see where it goes. A tip for the perfectionists that are afraid of 'messing up' in a journal: Use loose pages and put them in a binder. If a piece is giving you negative feelings, just leave it out. It may give you the push in the back you need to start!
Your life philosophy is so inspiring, i know now that sewing & journling is keeping me calm, as i tend to have anxiety if i think too much about what's going on around me i have no control over. I do my work the way i like and don't worry about anyone elses rules. I'm a rule follower in other ways, but not in my personal arts. Have a wonderful year!
I love the Q&A video. Wendy your videos are so inspiring and your love shines through. It was nice to hear all the questions and the answers. Getting to know you more. Very interesting. ❤
Hello Dear Wendy! What a wonderful Q/A. And all your wonderful answers. For the negativity from the person saying all the journals she’s seen are all the same or just crammed full, don’t watch as there are many other channels that may be of more interest to you. Wendy you are a shining bright light that is beautiful inside and outside, you are loved and appreciated so much. You have no idea how you’ve helped me in my own thoughts, feels, creativity and I love your waffling. I too love all nature and especially trees and clouds. I look forward with anticipation on what this year will bring all of us here on you channel and wish everyone peace, love, happiness. And creative minds that can be expressed thru whatever medium you use. Keep you light shining bright, much love to you and James . Thank you from my heart for the time and effort you put in every video. Hope the heats back on soon. 😘❤️❤️🙏🥰🌇
Great job Wendy in dismissing the negative words. You are a great inspiration and strength for all. Thank you for sharing your ideas and encouragement. You are appreciated!✌🧚
Beautiful, spirited, inspiring, effervescent, authentic and yes peaceful!! Gratitude always for my Saturday morning ritual of sunrise, chai tea & your videos. As your background quote begins “inspiration exits…” ✌️
Lovely video, thankyou for all you do. You really do give me a lift. I agree when you when you say everything seems harder at the moment, and so up and down. The challenge is to kind to ourselves. It seems it's not just me! Love and blessings 🙏💖
I enjoyed that Wendy and thought how confident you have become over the years. You handled the naysayer "question" well Really it was a bunch of sour grape statements from some poor woman who probably never journals. The words you chose to describe yourself are similar to the ones I would choose for myself..quirky is fun. I usually say eccentric about myself and boho. Someone dear to said "you are a terminal hippie" That made me laugh . I dont make goals either and rather kind of follow myself in the moments. Now that I am old...73...I can not see that far in front of me anyway. Stay warm dear friend. Lots of aroha from me in Aotearoa New Zealand. Xxxxxxxx
Hello Wendy, I loved everything about this video and I can so relate!! I LOVE being in Nature!! I it just soothes my soul, clears my mind and just breathing in the fresh air, the Sunshine and looking at the trees in all their majesty is truly an amazing feeling!! And yes, I've tried planners and calendars and they never work out for long lol, I tend to go with what my heart and mind feel at the time!!🌞🌳🌱🌹🌻💕🥰
Thank you for sharing the questions, answers and thoughts. You are one of the sweetest ladies online and I’m so happy I stopped to see what the Unexpected Gypsy was all about. I am so glad I did. You always make my day better and your smile is contagious. When your smiling you can’t be unhappy. I have plans made for after my retirement and absolutely nothing went as planned! I cried over that for a long time, but hard to get over it to live. Thank you being there you helped me a great deal. From my mountain top in middle Tennessee, where the hilltops 💋 the sky💥✨, you are in my prayers, thoughts and heart ❤️ Fran
This is one of the sweetest lives I have sat through from beginning to end! Such a sweet personality and giving soul! I am looking forward to reviewing a lof of your past videos now that I have found your channel and the future ones to come.
Oh Wendy. You made me tear up when you mentioned the best advice you were ever given was by your brother. I’m very sorry for your loss. I love my brothers and I miss them every day. I wish we didn’t live so far apart. But I love your positive energy. Thank you for sharing your journey with us 🥰
Loved hearing some great questions which I personally can never think of at the time! I think you answered them superbly and yes I stayed to the very end! Thank you Wendy x
Oh you are so special ,I love binge watching your videos.Feel like I have a special friend.You. Definitely make my light shine bright with your kindness advice . Thank you.
Thank you for doing this video!! Love to hear you talk about what you love!!! I always watch your videos early on Saturday morning with my coffee!! Such a treat and a blessing!! Hope you a James have a lovely and restful weekend!! Sending lots of love and light!!!❤❤❤
Loved the question about the motivation and how you keep yourself motivated when you don't feel like it! I then do a bit less than usual but still do something. I tell myself, yes, you are tired today and not in mood for anything so do what you can then stop...funny enough, I almost end up doing more in those days than in the days when I feel more motivated! Maybe because I don't put pressure on myself and allow myself to flow at a natural pace! Great video today!! xx
sending you sooo much love and abundance for 2022 wendy.....loved your lil chats, & LOVED the info re - banyan tree...i love trees, and i love symbology too....xxxx
Another wonderful and interesting vlog. Thanks you for all your kind thoughts and heartfelt answers. I always tell my grands to always be kind, no matter the situation, be kind. ❤️
Thank you for answering all our questions. I looked at the video which you mentioned so thanks a lot for that! My husband is better now, happy about that too. I enjoy watching your videos a lot. They have become a very inspiring and relaxing, happy moment in my week. You are spreading a very positive vibe so thanks a lot for that. Sending you a sunbeam from my heart. ☀️🌟🍀🎨
awesome Q n A Wendy oh and Happy New Year. I have had a relatively recent house move which has been super stressful and an emotional rollercoaster, it didn't help that it has taken me at least 2 mths to set up a new studio and that it's in a dull garage with no natural light. However I am going to do my best to look on the positive side, be grateful for all of my wonderful new art supplies added to all the previous so now I am well stocked for most of 2022. I am looking forward to releasing what doesn't serve me and express my journey through my art and I KNOW that watching your channel will be just the medicine my messed up self needs, so ahead of time Thankyou and wishing you all the best xx
I used to do that at school Busy books. Loved it. I always drew my guineapigs. They were so cute and funny the pics 😂. I’m just binge watching your old vids as I’m a fairly new subscriber. ( whilst decluttering my art studio ). 😊 I love the way you stay light ! In the light And calling questions from viewers a bit quirky is fab ! Takes any sharpness out of it ! ❤️. Thnku fir your company
Absolutely astonishing that you only wash your hair once or twice a year! It’s in such fantastic condition! Many of us, including myself, spend a small fortune to try and achieve what you do naturally. Think more of us should take a page out of your book Wendy… though I’m not quite sure if I’m brave enough! 🤣 I was, however, brave enough to embrace my natural grey hair a few years ago, and I love it! No more chemicals from dyes and saved a whole heap of money! I love your vlogs…And i so look forward to them every Friday! 😊🌻💙
@@michaelguillemette5013 Thanks for that… think I’ll give it a try… tbh, I only wash my hair once a week now, so will try to go longer and longer and see what happens. 🌻😊
I love your use of more natural self care products! When you do wash your hair, what do use? I love your work and being in the studio with you so thank you!
Thanks dear for sharing all all of this ,I look forward to seeing your videos every week , I am loving your journal you are sharing that you made yourself ,I am hoping to make one when i finish my commissions I am doing right now. I usually paint for myself , to do lately though I have been asked to paint visions some have and this has been pretty kool to do in bring to life their visions. For mee Art has been with me all my life and literally saved my life and helped me in my journey to heal, and express myself . I love and wait patiently to watch your videos each week you are inspiring and your light is so beautiful dear it does shine bright. Thanks for being you and being real and sharing from your heart . much love and gratitude dear .
I just love your videos. You are always such a calming force for me. Though I don't necessarily do what you do artistically, I find you inspirational, creatively and spiritually, as well as greatly motivational. So, thank you for sharing yourself with us. You are a delight, and I am so happy I found you and your channel. Love and blessings for the new year.💙💙💙
Hello Wendy I’ve very recently found your videos and I Must Say You are a LifeSaver! I tried Junk Journaling a while back but doing other crafts I just couldn’t get into it! Since I started watching your videos I’m back into it and Enjoying it Immensely! I work on my Journal each morning with my Coffee… I Agree with others I could listen to you all day… I have you on while I create and just listen and take note of course… now I’m fully retired I’m also giving my self Permission to Stop and Self Care.. Thank You for Sharing your Beautiful Art and Your Advice Take Care xx💐
👍👍 so many times I experienced having teachers that were offended by being asked questions; they thought teaching ment to tell … 🙊 I love the way you teach; showing, naming/pointing out the materials and actually answering questions 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💋🍀
Thank you for sharing this. It was interesting to hear your thoughts. I think in terms of art journaling it’s individual expression so as long as that’s the intention is there really right or wrong and does it have to resonate with someone else? It may look messy or crammed to someone else but to you it has certain meaning and is your expression. I’ve learned that there is no wrong with art, it’s just personal expression. Love your videos Wendy. You’ve taught me so much. Thank you. Keep shining bright 💜
Your least favourite colour is purple.....I don't think we can be friends anymore Wendy 😆💜 Great q and a. I tend to agree with the person who said a lot of the journalling is crammed, but then it's a personal choice and you don't have cram your pages with things, just use certain elements and leave space. I've certainly watched a few people who don't cram as much into their journals as some people.
My grandmother use to say "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". She was a very, very wise, tactful and amazing mother of 5 boys in the great depression. Wendy - you are lovely, personable, educated, spiritual and a great inspiration to us who admire all your awesome qualities. LJ in New Mexico, USA
Shine when you can, Cocoon when you need.... What wonderful words of comfort!! ♥🌞
I could literally sit and just listen to you chat while I'm working on something, which I just did! I would love to see what you crochet. I'm currently working on a boho shawl that makes me think of Stevie Nicks. I'm almost finished with this one, which I've done in a peacock color DK weight yarn and as soon as this one is finished I have another color in mind for the next one. :) My grandma taught me to crochet when I was around 7 and I still do it just about every day.
I love Stevie Nick's. I am crocheting another blanket for my father who is in his last days of his life. He is 97 and is comforted by the light weight and bright colours of his blanket.
Rhonda, I, too, love Stevie Nicks and her boho/gypsy look, as well as her music. Your hair is beautiful! I have those mermaid blue, teal, and green colors showing through and on the ends of my hair. The rest of it is a medium brown/auburn color. I knit, which my grandma taught me when I was about seven. She taught me to crochet, too, but I can't figure out what loop to put the hook into. LOL
Big knitter and crocheter here too. I have so many finished projects, I don’t know what to do with them at this point!
Thank you for inspiring me to make an art junk journal! And one for my friend. I never really understood what to do with them, until i watched you creating yours. I like your idea of having several journals, for different purposes, or needs. That could be what held me back, i was overwhelmed trying to figure out how to encompass everything in one journal. Your method isn’t intimidating, it is freeing.
For example, I didn’t like my first attempt, so i cheekily glued in a cover up. A pencil drawing of my son, that i tore out of an old sketch book, I had made when i was a young woman. Then i trimmed it with a bit of ribbon…viola! I love it, and i had forgotten about that old sketch i had tucked away. It brought back such happy memories. From there i felt encouraged and went on to create a small oil pastel of a prairie storm. Not a complete flop…it is a keeper! To protect it from smearing i tucked it in to one of those thin plastic page covers. I cut it down to size, and sewed it shut. I made a little tuck spot for it. Done and done. I can’t wait till morning to work on another page. It is fun having permission to correct, tear, glue, rummage, add, subtract and just freely create, to please myself. Your light shone brightly on me Wendy, to half way around the world, all the way to our cold and snowy Canadian prairies. You have cheered up a dark winter.
Char, she’s inspired another Canadian here in me in the Montreal area.
Your answer to that rather strange question was good. 🙌 Keep on doing what you do, beautiful soul. Thanks for all the good answers!
Live long and prosper. 🖖
I'm a collage artist and art journaling is a form of collage to me...I love it and the cramming lol....it is a matter of expression and taste....art through the ages is often misunderstood and provokes all kinds of reactions and emotions. so well done!
What a fun video! It was great to hear all the kinds of questions you get and I’m sure this was just scratching the surface! I think this is one of the ways that an artist can see how successful they’ve become: when they’re inundated with questions! In every video you do, Wendy, I see how you help people grow and develop not only as artists but also personally. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you put into your channel!
This seems so real and filled with community! Like you I wonder why naysayers even comment or watch what they either don’t like or really hate! We all have choices, personally I watch what inspires and gets my creative juices going! I don’t waste time watching otherwise! I watch you with my cup of tea, feeling comforted by being part of something I love and people I admire! Blessed and safe days!
You’re such a lovely person Wendy. Hope you have a wonderful week too x
Thank you for all your helpful info - you never fail to help me in some way and make me smile. I will share with you that you have really helped me to expand my creative expression and discover that multiple journals are better than just one. I’ve always wanted to keep a diary but was such a perfectionist that I could never get past the first few pages because I didn’t like my handwriting or would make something look messy, or would want to change the style of it. Now I know I can embrace all of that craziness by having multiple avenues for expression. I currently have 4 completely different journal books going and just jump between them as my energy and creativity changes from day to day. Thank you for giving me the idea, the permission, the freedom to explore! I cannot thank you enough dear Wendy!
Hi Wendy, ive covid since just after Xmas, and so I’ve had plenty of time to start watching new people, and you are one of these new people for me, and I’m so glad of it! One evening I just sat in bed snuggled up with my 13 year old and our cat and we just watched your videos, thank you for keeping me company through the Illness! My daughter saw your work and said oh mummy this is very you you should paint like that, I said that I’m so glad I started watching Wendy because I now know what sort of things I want to be painting, not what I think I should be painting. I’ve always loved fairies, mermaids, fantasy, mystical forests, magical mushrooms, goddesses, plus flowers plants and butterflies, all that sort of thing and now I know that’s where my journey will take me, and I’m so thankful to you for helping me realise that and for your positivity and encouragement. Lots of love 💕 😊🦋
It's so nice to listen to you chat. You were with me on my tea break today. I especially love what you say about aging. I've just turned 40 and I'm really embracing finally being true to myself. I quit my job in banking and am now a full time artist! It's such a wonderful feeling to be starting again and it's very rejuvenating! 😁
Reading the comments here, I am so touched by the beautiful community that's here on Wendy's RUclips channel. Thank you for another wonderful video and my heart is so happy to be journeying through 2022 with you, Wendy and James, and this special gathering of like minded souls x
"It's not even in a draw, it's just everywhere" I laughed so whole heartedly, it was just so wholesome and relatable that it brightened my day. Thank you
I've felt so bad I haven't been able to watch your videos this last month. I couldn't have watched this one at a better time. You're always so uplifting, inspiring, kind & motivating. Thank you 💙
Just as an idea for getting going - I sometimes use a poem and illustrate it (feelings rather than literal) rather than staring at a blank page waiting for inspiration.
My new year always is a little brighter by watching your videos. I used the last half of 2021 to binge watch you and now in the new year I watch to inspire me to think about painting. I havent learned to journal yet but I want to, and in my head I make a start in a journal. However, what I take away the most is I feel warm and comforted like a big hug. I dont know why as you are talking about all things art like. But I guess it because you encourage us all to learn to slow down and enjoy everything we do. To me that is a big motherly hug.
I cant wait to see what 22 has in store for us and I also don't wanna know. But I'll be here every week soaking in my dose of inspiration and looking towards the future
This was a really lovely video! I love the comments about banyan trees. They fascinate me. When I was a child my sister and I use to play in a big willow tree that had several trunks growing up from the ground. The inside of it was our playhouse and the scene of many imagined adventures! We had to wade through a small marsh to get to it, and couldn't see our house from there, although it was only about 100 yards away! Now, 60 years later, the place is a city park and kids rarely play there any more.
Wendy I had to share this with you. You and I come from different beliefs. I'm a Christian but, one thing that I just love about you is, when one of your commentators does post something rudely, you are honest, but your response is so polite and calm. I'm sure there are some that really challenge your calmness, but with the above Q n A, you handled yourself beautifully with the snarky comments. Well done, Wendy. It doesn't matter who we all are, where we come from, nor what we believe, kindness and respect are so needed today. Have a beautiful night and may God bless you with a beautiful new day tomorrow. ❤️😊
Hello Wendy, I don't normally comment but I have been following your videos for more than a year. I think I found you shortly after you started these vlogs💕 I always save your videos for my last vlog viewing of the week, because I find them so calming and grounding for my own art practise. They bring me back to myself after a busy week and help me refocus on my own light, and creative ways. Thank you for all your sharing. You are such an inspiring person, even when you're "waffling"💖
Look at this big family you've pulled together. We've got the lovely warm hearted people and even trouble makers ('cause doesn't every family have those too ;) Cheers!
Thank you for shining your light on me today.
I think the provocateur may have missed the point of an art journal being personal. Not usually for public consumption as other works of art are, except as examples of how to do them for yourself. My junk(art) journal pages evoke feelings in me. That's the point... my feelings, for me. You handled that with more Grace than I would have Wendy lol.
You’re a lovely lady! And a big inspiration!! Thankyou! Keep shining bright!
I really admire you for the gentle way you handled the ‚rude‘ question 🥰 Love your videos and spent all week watching them… You made me want to start journaling, so I just got some material and supplies to get started as soon as the right moment finds me…. as soon as possible I hope ❤️
Love keeping you company, Wendy. Thanks for the chat. Hope you're now home, snug and warm with a nice mulled wine to warm up. xx
Oh my gosh, of all the winderful things you have shared, hearing you only wash your hair twice a year was/is the most curious. Wd you share more detail as I wonder how your hair isn't super oily given all the oil you said you put in your hair. Thank you for being so open.
Thanks for your bright light
Wendy, I have recently found your channel and I have been spending all my waking hours watching all of your videos. you are the embodiment of what i want my soul to be like
Thanks for another wonderful Saturday morning for me! Love hearing everyones questions and your answers - what a lovely group of people. Love from NZ
Hi Lisa I'm a Kiwi too. I live in Cambridge NZ.
@@janillingsworth7478 Hi there Jan - I live in Waihi and The Netherlands when covid does not restrict us from travel.
@@2LLs53 Waihi is a lovely place to live but I guess you are missing the Netherlands right now.
@@janillingsworth7478 Hi Jan - feel free to connect on fb :)
You are keeping me sane and inspiring me so much right now! I am on patreon. I've been wanting to make the art journal from your video and started altering a hardback book, but then I decided hardback isn't for me (it doesn't feel "friendly", which is the key thing for me!) and wanted to do a softback like yours. But all sorts of obstacles came up (I don't have a big stash of materials) so it's an extremely slow process!!! I can't begin to convey how grateful I feel for what you are sharing with us. I especially love the long videos ;-)
Thanks Wendy! You are a bight light in my week! Thanks for visiting with me. My coffee always tastes better when you are here.
Thank you all for your interesting questions and thank you, Wendy, for your honest, inspiring and encouraging answers.
My best wishes to all of you for 2022! Let's meet here again ❤️
Thank you (mahalo) for all these lovely life answers and professional advisory bits. I too live in Hawaii and the banyan tree in Lahaina is very famous. Unfortunate byproduct of the tree is that is keeps all plants from growing underneath it, including the offspring of the tree! Best regenerative weekend to you and all your community. Deep appreciation for how you share yourself here. Peace and well-being to all of us.
Your lovely personality shines thru ! Thank you for your videos.
Loved your QandA... your honesty and gentle approach is beautiful. Keep your light shining bright for 2022. Big virtual hug for the new year. XXX
Thank you, Wendy. Loved everyone's questions and your answers. You have inspired me to make my own art journal which means I can add to it as inspired. No pressure to finish. In the past, I started so many journals in nice diaries and after a few pages dropped it and forgot it's there.
Thank you for sharing your inner world. Love your videos.
My ritual, Saturday morning coffee with Wendy, I look forward to it. Thank you lovely lady for your time and your insights❤
Always feel better from listening to you ... your kindness and whimsy always shine through ... making my Light ever brighter ... thank you Wendy ... especially enjoy the "Wendy-waffles" make me smile :)
Such a lovely video, thank you for sharing so much of yourself with us.
Self care is my top priority this year along side making art.
Your videos are so inspiring.
Peace be with you Wendy.
Greetings from Brighton
So elegantly dealing with tricky questions... Olé!
Got some great tips here just listening. Thankyou Wendy for your answers and to all of you who asked questions. Your vlogs are one of my very favourite channels. Lots of love x
Your honesty and wisdom are inspiring. Thank you for being you. Your courage is contagious.
Just a thought… there are videos on you tube about people who heat their rooms with terracotta pots and tea lights. Apparently they’re very good at warming a whole room. You might want to try it if you have a safe place to put them.
Happy New Year, Wendy! So much to inspire, think about and remember in this episode! And of course, so much love! Sending some back to you 🤗🥰🤗
Motivation! You keep me peaceful happy and creative! Love you so much!!🌼
Watching your video's make me feel like I'm sitting down with a friend, doing art together (I mainly put on your videos while art journaling myself!). You've given me the inspiration to really play, just start, and see where it goes. A tip for the perfectionists that are afraid of 'messing up' in a journal: Use loose pages and put them in a binder. If a piece is giving you negative feelings, just leave it out. It may give you the push in the back you need to start!
Thank you so much Wendy! You continue to be a source of inspiration and encouragement. Steady on, beautiful woman!
Love your videos so much! Look forward to each new one. You are such a genuine, caring person, so creative and fun. You are so appreciated Wendy!
I am really enjoying my art journaling thanks to you Wendy. I include quotes I like, art that I’ve done and things I collect.
Your life philosophy is so inspiring, i know now that sewing & journling is keeping me calm, as i tend to have anxiety if i think too much about what's going on around me i have no control over. I do my work the way i like and don't worry about anyone elses rules. I'm a rule follower in other ways, but not in my personal arts. Have a wonderful year!
I love the Q&A video. Wendy your videos are so inspiring and your love shines through. It was nice to hear all the questions and the answers. Getting to know you more. Very interesting. ❤
Hello Dear Wendy! What a wonderful Q/A. And all your wonderful answers. For the negativity from the person saying all the journals she’s seen are all the same or just crammed full, don’t watch as there are many other channels that may be of more interest to you.
Wendy you are a shining bright light that is beautiful inside and outside, you are loved and appreciated so much. You have no idea how you’ve helped me in my own thoughts, feels, creativity and I love your waffling. I too love all nature and especially trees and clouds. I look forward with anticipation on what this year will bring all of us here on you channel and wish everyone peace, love, happiness. And creative minds that can be expressed thru whatever medium you use.
Keep you light shining bright, much love to you and James . Thank you from my heart for the time and effort you put in every video. Hope the heats back on soon. 😘❤️❤️🙏🥰🌇
Great job Wendy in dismissing the negative words. You are a great inspiration and strength for all. Thank you for sharing your ideas and encouragement. You are appreciated!✌🧚
Beautiful, spirited, inspiring, effervescent, authentic and yes peaceful!!
Gratitude always for
my Saturday morning ritual of sunrise, chai tea & your videos.
As your background quote begins “inspiration exits…” ✌️
Lovely video, thankyou for all you do. You really do give me a lift. I agree when you when you say everything seems harder at the moment, and so up and down. The challenge is to kind to ourselves. It seems it's not just me! Love and blessings 🙏💖
"I am FLYING by my Intuition" LOVE THAT WENDY!!! Much love and Bright Blessings to You and James for 2022 !! Mwah Grizi xx
Just heart warming to watch this video, really brightened my morning. 🙏
I enjoyed that Wendy and thought how confident you have become over the years. You handled the naysayer "question" well
Really it was a bunch of sour grape statements from some poor woman who probably never journals. The words you chose to describe yourself are similar to the ones I would choose for myself..quirky is fun. I usually say eccentric about myself and boho. Someone dear to said "you are a terminal hippie" That made me laugh . I dont make goals either and rather kind of follow myself in the moments. Now that I am old...73...I can not see that far in front of me anyway. Stay warm dear friend. Lots of aroha from me in Aotearoa New Zealand. Xxxxxxxx
Thank you dear one, x terminal hippie! love that! xx much loves to you my friend xxx
What a great video ! I enjoyed learning more about you through these questions. Much love and light !
Absolutely beautiful soul! I could listen to you talk about anything! ✨
Thank you. I have so enjoyed your company for the past 40 plus minutes. Looking forward to your next visit. ✨🙏✨
Hello Wendy, I loved everything about this video and I can so relate!! I LOVE being in Nature!! I it just soothes my soul, clears my mind and just breathing in the fresh air, the Sunshine and looking at the trees in all their majesty is truly an amazing feeling!! And yes, I've tried planners and calendars and they never work out for long lol, I tend to go with what my heart and mind feel at the time!!🌞🌳🌱🌹🌻💕🥰
Thank you for sharing the questions, answers and thoughts. You are one of the sweetest ladies online and I’m so happy I stopped to see what the Unexpected Gypsy was all about. I am so glad I did. You always make my day better and your smile is contagious. When your smiling you can’t be unhappy. I have plans made for after my retirement and absolutely nothing went as planned! I cried over that for a long time, but hard to get over it to live. Thank you being there you helped me a great deal. From my mountain top in middle Tennessee, where the hilltops 💋 the sky💥✨, you are in my prayers, thoughts and heart ❤️ Fran
This is one of the sweetest lives I have sat through from beginning to end! Such a sweet personality and giving soul! I am looking forward to reviewing a lof of your past videos now that I have found your channel and the future ones to come.
Thankyou for your lovely advice 🌻you are always an inspiration. Be well and sending good thoughts and vibes your way 🧑🏻🎨❤️
Oh Wendy. You made me tear up when you mentioned the best advice you were ever given was by your brother. I’m very sorry for your loss. I love my brothers and I miss them every day. I wish we didn’t live so far apart. But I love your positive energy. Thank you for sharing your journey with us 🥰
I enjoyed this. Sending lots of peace, love, and light.
Love all the Q and A, you are such a beautiful and kind soul🌹
Thanks for answering so many questions! I do look forward to your videos, and this was a fun change, to hear all that you shared.
Thanks, Wendy. You are my cozy place! I love your videos, all!
Thank you so much Wendy ! So good to listen to you ! Happy New Year ! 🤗🌞
Loved hearing some great questions which I personally can never think of at the time! I think you answered them superbly and yes I stayed to the very end! Thank you Wendy x
Oh you are so special ,I love binge watching your videos.Feel like I have a special friend.You. Definitely make my light shine bright with your kindness advice . Thank you.
Thank you for doing this video!! Love to hear you talk about what you love!!! I always watch your videos early on Saturday morning with my coffee!! Such a treat and a blessing!! Hope you a James have a lovely and restful weekend!! Sending lots of love and light!!!❤❤❤
Happiest of New Years Wendy looking forward starting a new art journal for 2022 🥳
Loved the question about the motivation and how you keep yourself motivated when you don't feel like it! I then do a bit less than usual but still do something. I tell myself, yes, you are tired today and not in mood for anything so do what you can then stop...funny enough, I almost end up doing more in those days than in the days when I feel more motivated! Maybe because I don't put pressure on myself and allow myself to flow at a natural pace! Great video today!! xx
sending you sooo much love and abundance for 2022 wendy.....loved your lil chats, & LOVED the info re - banyan tree...i love trees, and i love symbology too....xxxx
Love the Q & A . You are such a beautiful woman inside and out. Your very kind. 💚
Another wonderful and interesting vlog. Thanks you for all your kind thoughts and heartfelt answers. I always tell my grands to always be kind, no matter the situation, be kind. ❤️
Great video. Thank you as always for just being you. You are such an inspiration. Continued blessings.
Thank you for answering all our questions. I looked at the video which you mentioned so thanks a lot for that! My husband is better now, happy about that too. I enjoy watching your videos a lot. They have become a very inspiring and relaxing, happy moment in my week. You are spreading a very positive vibe so thanks a lot for that. Sending you a sunbeam from my heart. ☀️🌟🍀🎨
Love your channel and just love your glasses they are awesome❤
Thankyou so much Wendy ! sending you blessings X
awesome Q n A Wendy oh and Happy New Year. I have had a relatively recent house move which has been super stressful and an emotional rollercoaster, it didn't help that it has taken me at least 2 mths to set up a new studio and that it's in a dull garage with no natural light. However I am going to do my best to look on the positive side, be grateful for all of my wonderful new art supplies added to all the previous so now I am well stocked for most of 2022. I am looking forward to releasing what doesn't serve me and express my journey through my art and I KNOW that watching your channel will be just the medicine my messed up self needs, so ahead of time Thankyou and wishing you all the best xx
I used to do that at school
Busy books. Loved it. I always drew my guineapigs. They were so cute and funny the pics 😂.
I’m just binge watching your old vids as I’m a fairly new subscriber. ( whilst decluttering my art studio ). 😊
I love the way you stay light ! In the light
And calling questions from viewers a bit quirky is fab ! Takes any sharpness out of it ! ❤️. Thnku fir your company
and thanks for yours! hope your studio is all tidy now!
@@theunexpectedgypsy thanks Wendy ! 🤗it is
Absolutely astonishing that you only wash your hair once or twice a year! It’s in such fantastic condition! Many of us, including myself, spend a small fortune to try and achieve what you do naturally. Think more of us should take a page out of your book Wendy… though I’m not quite sure if I’m brave enough! 🤣 I was, however, brave enough to embrace my natural grey hair a few years ago, and I love it! No more chemicals from dyes and saved a whole heap of money!
I love your vlogs…And i so look forward to them every Friday! 😊🌻💙
as you use less shampoo, less often, your body makes less and less oil, a good rinse is all you need once the oil stops coming in.
@@michaelguillemette5013 Thanks for that… think I’ll give it a try… tbh, I only wash my hair once a week now, so will try to go longer and longer and see what happens. 🌻😊
@@qso3566 Well, Wendy’s hair says otherwise, but you’re entitled to your opinion…
@@qso3566 HAHAHAH have you ever heard the saying "what we eat doesn't make you fat" We can't wait to hear what you say to that....
I love your use of more natural self care products! When you do wash your hair, what do use? I love your work and being in the studio with you so thank you!
Thanks dear for sharing all all of this ,I look forward to seeing your videos every week , I am loving your journal you are sharing that you made yourself ,I am hoping to make one when i finish my commissions I am doing right now. I usually paint for myself , to do lately though I have been asked to paint visions some have and this has been pretty kool to do in bring to life their visions. For mee Art has been with me all my life and literally saved my life and helped me in my journey to heal, and express myself . I love and wait patiently to watch your videos each week you are inspiring and your light is so beautiful dear it does shine bright. Thanks for being you and being real and sharing from your heart . much love and gratitude dear .
I just love your videos. You are always such a calming force for me. Though I don't necessarily do what you do artistically, I find you inspirational, creatively and spiritually, as well as greatly motivational.
So, thank you for sharing yourself with us. You are a delight, and I am so happy I found you and your channel. Love and blessings for the new year.💙💙💙
Hello Wendy
I’ve very recently found your videos and I Must Say You are a LifeSaver!
I tried Junk Journaling a while back but doing other crafts I just couldn’t get into it! Since I started watching your videos I’m back into it and Enjoying it Immensely!
I work on my Journal each morning with my Coffee…
I Agree with others I could listen to you all day… I have you on while I create and just listen and take note of course… now I’m fully retired I’m also giving my self Permission to Stop and Self Care..
Thank You for Sharing your Beautiful Art and Your Advice Take Care xx💐
Lovely. Very much enjoyed this video. 💛Thank you for sharing with all of us.😊
Thank you so much for your encouragement. Here's hoping for peace, love, prosperity and inspiration in 2022 for everyone.
I always look forward to your Friday video. Thank you 🙏
Thank you for the chat and answering questions...I also like to just have a go, otherwise you could be missing out on something. Happy new year 🙂
Good afternoon Wendy, such good advice on journal 😊, as always love watching you. Sending love and hugs, keep your light bright. Teresa xx
Big love and hugs dear Teresa xxxxxxxx
👍👍 so many times I experienced having teachers that were offended by being asked questions; they thought teaching ment to tell … 🙊
I love the way you teach; showing, naming/pointing out the materials and actually answering questions 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💋🍀
Thank you for sharing this. It was interesting to hear your thoughts. I think in terms of art journaling it’s individual expression so as long as that’s the intention is there really right or wrong and does it have to resonate with someone else? It may look messy or crammed to someone else but to you it has certain meaning and is your expression. I’ve learned that there is no wrong with art, it’s just personal expression. Love your videos Wendy. You’ve taught me so much. Thank you. Keep shining bright 💜
Your least favourite colour is purple.....I don't think we can be friends anymore Wendy 😆💜 Great q and a. I tend to agree with the person who said a lot of the journalling is crammed, but then it's a personal choice and you don't have cram your pages with things, just use certain elements and leave space. I've certainly watched a few people who don't cram as much into their journals as some people.